Ashleigh86
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First a little bit of background information:
I have a 6 month old DNA sexed female sun conure that we bought as a baby, she's a sweetheart and we love her! I had a cinnamon GCC that picked me at the bird rescue and we were in love with her until we lost her a few months ago, and I still cry about it and miss her terribly. I thought that I would never find that kind of connection again with a bird just picking me like that....it's an amazing feeling and so rare for me that I just couldn't imagine it happening again.
I went into the rescue today like I do every Saturday to pick up a frozen veggie bean mix they make there and I see an adult sun conure that I thought was Indy's older sister from the same parents that someone had brought in for a surrender a few weeks back. I went up to the cage to talk to her like I have done before and she seemed extra excited to see me! Jumping to the front and wanting to come out and talking to me, so I let her out to hang out on the perch on top of her cage. She ate a little and then wanted to come to me which doesn't normally happen, but I had her step up and she crawled up to my shoulder into my hair and buried herself completely making little talking noises and purring. She got all caught up in my hair so I had to untangle her and she had no problems with me touching her and untangling her, she really seemed like she completely trusted me and I had no fear of her biting me like I do with a lot of birds that I don't know. She even tried to regurgitate on me! I asked about her and come to find out, it's not Indy's sister at all, but a completely different bird that was surrendered that someone had bought from petco! At this point my mind is blown that I'm holding a completely different adult sun conure and that we had this connection! So I take Indy and put her on the perch with the adult and they kissed beaks and seemed to have no issues with each other. the adult even played with Indy's tail feathers a little.
I had this feeling that I just did not want to leave without this bird, and this is not something that happens to me often! I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl which could potentially be an issue with mating and them bonding to each other which I am afraid of happening. Also having two sun conures and the noise that comes with that....The lady I know there is telling me that they will sell me the adult for a discounted price so that helps...
What my question is after that novel I just wrote, how do you guys with multiple birds do it? I feel that Indy requires so much attention and love, how do you spread yourself to two birds? Do they entertain each other too? I also have a dog that knows that Indy is off limits, but she requires my attention too and we also are looking to have kids in the near future and I'm worried about being spread too thin. I've just been a complete wreck since I left the bird rescue today and I can't stop trying to make it work in my head...I just felt like I fell in love with this bird!
My work hours are afternoon to night so I spend the morning with my animals and my husband spends the evening with them when he is home since he works a regular work day. I just want to make sure this would be fair for the birds and for us. I just need some input from multiple bird owners out there please!
I have a 6 month old DNA sexed female sun conure that we bought as a baby, she's a sweetheart and we love her! I had a cinnamon GCC that picked me at the bird rescue and we were in love with her until we lost her a few months ago, and I still cry about it and miss her terribly. I thought that I would never find that kind of connection again with a bird just picking me like that....it's an amazing feeling and so rare for me that I just couldn't imagine it happening again.
I went into the rescue today like I do every Saturday to pick up a frozen veggie bean mix they make there and I see an adult sun conure that I thought was Indy's older sister from the same parents that someone had brought in for a surrender a few weeks back. I went up to the cage to talk to her like I have done before and she seemed extra excited to see me! Jumping to the front and wanting to come out and talking to me, so I let her out to hang out on the perch on top of her cage. She ate a little and then wanted to come to me which doesn't normally happen, but I had her step up and she crawled up to my shoulder into my hair and buried herself completely making little talking noises and purring. She got all caught up in my hair so I had to untangle her and she had no problems with me touching her and untangling her, she really seemed like she completely trusted me and I had no fear of her biting me like I do with a lot of birds that I don't know. She even tried to regurgitate on me! I asked about her and come to find out, it's not Indy's sister at all, but a completely different bird that was surrendered that someone had bought from petco! At this point my mind is blown that I'm holding a completely different adult sun conure and that we had this connection! So I take Indy and put her on the perch with the adult and they kissed beaks and seemed to have no issues with each other. the adult even played with Indy's tail feathers a little.
I had this feeling that I just did not want to leave without this bird, and this is not something that happens to me often! I don't even know if it's a boy or a girl which could potentially be an issue with mating and them bonding to each other which I am afraid of happening. Also having two sun conures and the noise that comes with that....The lady I know there is telling me that they will sell me the adult for a discounted price so that helps...
What my question is after that novel I just wrote, how do you guys with multiple birds do it? I feel that Indy requires so much attention and love, how do you spread yourself to two birds? Do they entertain each other too? I also have a dog that knows that Indy is off limits, but she requires my attention too and we also are looking to have kids in the near future and I'm worried about being spread too thin. I've just been a complete wreck since I left the bird rescue today and I can't stop trying to make it work in my head...I just felt like I fell in love with this bird!
My work hours are afternoon to night so I spend the morning with my animals and my husband spends the evening with them when he is home since he works a regular work day. I just want to make sure this would be fair for the birds and for us. I just need some input from multiple bird owners out there please!